MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
FAME, FORTUNE AND ALLEGED FRAUD.
NEW DETAILS EMERGING IN THE
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL.
ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN SAYS THAT
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE
INTENTIONALLY HIDING EVIDENCE IN
HER CASE.
SHE'S CLAIMS THE CONCEALED
INFORMATION WOULD HELP PROVE HER
BELIEF THAT HER PAYMENTS WERE
LEGITIMATE AND THEY WEREN'T
BRIBES.
THE SCAM IS HITTING CHRISTMAS,
MEANWHILE.
THE HALLMARK CHANNEL RELEASING A
SNEAK PEEK OF ITS FIRST
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL NOT STARRING
LORI LOUGHLIN.
SHOWS BEEN A LONG-TIME ACTRESS
THERE.
JOINING US NOW JUDGE ANDREW
NAPOLITANO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT LORE
LET'S TALK ABOUT LORI LOUGHLIN'S
CASE.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE PREMISE OF
SOMETHING CALLED BRADY MATERIAL.
IT SAYS IN ALL CRIMINAL
PROSECUTIONS, IF THE GOVERNMENT
HAS INFORMATION HARMFUL TO ITS
OWN CASE OR HELPFUL TO THE
DEFENDANT'S CASE, THE GOVERNMENT
MUST SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
LORI LOUGHLIN'S LAWYERS ARE
ARGUING IN AN APPLICATION THEY
FILED IN FEDERAL COURT IN BOSTON
ON FRIDAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT
HAS INFORMATION HELPFUL TO HER
AND HARMFUL TO ITS OWN CASE
WHICH IT'S NOT SHARING.
WHAT IS THAT INFORMATION?
MARIA: THAT'S LIKE EXCULPATORY
EVIDENCE, EXACTLY WHAT THE F
DID, THEY HAD EVIDENCE AND
TRANSCRIPTS WHEN GEORGE POP P
DONE
PANE
PAPADOPOULOS SAID THERE'S NO
TREASON, I WOULD NEVER DO
SOMETHING LIKE, AND THEY DIDN'T
GIVE IT TO THE FISA COURT.
>> THE PUBLIC KNOWS THE
GOVERNMENT REGULARLY HOLDS BACK
EXCULPATORY INFORMATION IN ORDER
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR IT TO GET
WHERE IT WANTS TO GO, WHETHER
IT'S A SEARCH WARRANT OR A
GUILTY VERDICT.
THIS INFORMATION THAT LAUGHLIN'S
LEGAL TEAM CLAIMS THE GOVERNMENT
IS HOLDING BACK IS CONVERSATIONS
THAT RICK SINGER, THE RING
MASTER HERE, THE GOVERNMENT'S
CHIEF WITNESS, HAD, SHOWING THAT
SOME OF THE PARENTS HONESTLY
BELIEVED THEY WERE MAKING
LEGITIMATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
COLLEGE.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN THAT'S
AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT THAT THE
GOVERNMENT CAN'T PROVE AND THAT
WOULD MEAN THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE
FALLS.
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT MUST
PROVE IN ORDER TO GET A
CONVICTION, AND THERE HAVE BEEN
NO TRIALS, THERE HAVE BEEN A
SLEW OF GUILTY PLEAS, BUT NO
TRIALS, IN ORDER TO GET A
CONVICTION, THE GOVERNMENT MUST
PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
THAT THESE PEOPLE KNEW THEY WERE
ENGAGED A IN A BRIBERY SCHEME,
NOT THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
MAKING A CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTION.
>> IS THIS PERHAPS WHY SHE
NEVER TOOK A PLEA DEAL IN THE
FIRST PLACE?
>> THAT'S A PSYCHIATRIC AS MUCH
AS A LEGAL QUESTION, MY FRIEND,
AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HER
HEAD.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT, AGAIN,
REACTED WHEN SHE PERSISTED IN
HER NOT GUILTY HE PLEA.
THEY REINDICTED HER ON A
CONSPIRACY --
>> ADDING MORE CHARGES.
>> CORRECT, CORRECT.
INSTEAD OF FACING ONE MONTH OR
SIX MONTHS THAT ALL THE OTHERS
FACED, SHE'S FACING 10 YEARS IF
CONVICTED OF EVERYTHING AND IF
SHE'S SENTENCED TO THE MAX ON
EVERYTHING.
THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T LIKE
MOTIONS LIKE THIS AS YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND, JUST LIKE THE FBI
PROBABLY WASN'T VERY HAPPY WITH
INSPECTOR GENERAL HOROWITZ'S
REPORT BUT THE PEOPLE ARE
ENTITLED TO KNOW WHAT A THE
GOVERNMENT DOES WITH THE POWER
WE GIVE THE GOVERNMENT AND IN
HER NAME.
MARIA: IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THIS.
BECAUSE WITH THE OTHER STORY,
THE FBI STORY, THEY USED TOOLS
THAT WE USE ON TERRORISTS
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE GUY.
IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.
>>
.>> YES.
I WAS SURPRISED BY GRATIFIED TO
HEAR SOME ADMISSIONS FROM COMEY.
WE'RE SWITCHING TOPICS A LITTLE
BIT, BUT IT'S THE SAME THING,
GOVERNMENT MISBEHAVIOR.
WHEN HE SAID I HAD TOO MUCH
CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM, WHAT
HE REALLY MEANT WAS THE FBI
LEARNED HOW TO GAME THE SYSTEM.
IF YOU CAN'T GET A SEARCH
WARRANT ARE FROM A JUDGE BASED
ON PROBABLE CAUSE, GO TO FISA.
THEY GIVE OUT SEARCH WARRANTS
LIKE CANDY.
MARIA: I'M NOT BUYING HIS
30,000 FEET AWAY FROM THIS, ALSO
SAYING AS A DIRECTOR, I'M NOT
GIVEN THE DETAILS OF ANY CASE.
REALLY?
WHY WAS IT BEING DONE IN F
HEADQUARTERS?
>> HE CHOSE NOT TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS
THAT HE SIGNED.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> HE CHOSE NOT EVEN TO READ THE
APPLICATIONS THAT HE SIGNED.
MARIA: OR HE'S JUST LYING.
THERE'S THAT TOO, RIGHT.
DAGEN: DO WE BELIEVE HIS
WILLFUL BLINDNESS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HALF WITH THE LOUGHLIN CASE.
IF THAT EVIDENCE EXISTS AND THEY
DON'T REVEAL IT, THE FEDS
JEOPARDIZED THEIR CASE AGAINST
HER.
MARIA: JUDGE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE
YOU.